Surf casting Manawatu

Hey guys, hope this finds you all well.
Am reasonably new to surf casting and the Manawatu, have purchased a bit of gear and was wondering if anyone has any advice on the best places to go for a salt water cast this time of year. Am based in Palmy.

Dans maybe the best option is to find your own spot -x .When the sea is rough with a good shore line wave height ,say 2m + .Go for a walk along the beach.
Look for any breaks in the surf ,they are normally holes & deep area's .Thats where you want to throw your bait.Mark the spot either by land marks or GPS
if you have one. Having found your hole ,work the tide so its high tide 2 hours after dark or 2 hours before light.A fairly flat sea is best but sure river mouths
etc are OK but find a hole on a surf beach is a lot better. Hope you find some thing handy to home too much travel makes for expensive fish & fishing.
I found a hole at Whiritoa a few years ago , I have pulled a shit load of fish out of even since .

Dans maybe the best option is to find your own spot -x .When the sea is rough with a good shore line wave height ,say 2m + .Go for a walk along the beach.
Look for any breaks in the surf ,they are normally holes & deep area's .Thats where you want to throw your bait.Mark the spot either by land marks or GPS
if you have one. Having found your hole ,work the tide so its high tide 2 hours after dark or 2 hours before light.A fairly flat sea is best but sure river mouths
etc are OK but find a hole on a surf beach is a lot better. Hope you find some thing handy to home too much travel makes for expensive fish & fishing.
I found a hole at Whiritoa a few years ago , I have pulled a shit load of fish out of even since .

Lots of guys from Palmy go to Himatangi, Foxton and Waiterere.
As many do come to Wanganui Rangitikei areas, better fishing too.

Rangitikei - Scotts Ferry (Moana Roa) to Turakina Beach (Koitiata) has miles upon miles of beach with heaps of Pipi/Tuatua beds along the way. You can drive between the two spots with a 4x4 and depending on time of year gates at Sandtoft Forest (Fusilier Wreck) (1/2 way) can be open but no 4x4 access to beach, you need to walk 1/2 a k to beach from carpark.

Wanganui - Access to south beach from Airport rd. 4x4 beach travel down to Wangaehu River. No fishing over the Poo Tube Outfall at Carpark end of south beach, its illegal and there's heaps of beach. Good catches of Lemons, Snapper, Kahawai and Gurnard can be had. Watch the crabs though, good bait. Pipi/Tuatua beds along this stretch too.

So how do you guys find these pipi beds? Just where they are washed up on the beach more and cast out from there?
Am gonna fish tangi river mouth this wknd. Just a pilchard and a surfcast rig sound about right?